Workshop
In these socially, politically, and economically challenging times, let us come together as a community and weave our small stories of hope and random acts of kindness from our everyday lives into digital fabrics and build a virtual ‘Swatch book of Stories’ that we can share with each other.
For centuries, the roots of weaving, computation, and text have been intertwined with each other through their algorithmic patterns and coded natures. From these intertwined roots grows this idea of ‘Swatch book of Stories’.
Participants come together and translate their stories into digitally woven swatches using an experimental and generative digital loom. Through this process of weaving our stories, we learn about the intricacies within the relationships of computation, weaving, and text, as well as revisit some historic examples where these intersections brought forth hope and transformative change during their times. By the end, these digital swatches come together to build a virtual swatch book fostering a community where everyone can share their stories and swatches with each other.
Nishra Ranpura is an interdisciplinary designer, researcher, and creative technologist. Her work explores the interactions between the physical and the digital through experimental and speculative narratives. She researches, practices, and teaches across the disciplines of new media, digital fabrication, creative technology, and design research. Essentially, she makes things and breaks things. Sometimes, she writes, and oftentimes, she wonders.